Bird and game refuges reach nearly three million acres
Citizens across five southwestern states completed a campaign by Holland's Magazine to create 2,948,841 acres of bird and game refuges with five year protection. Texas leads with 2,800,403 acres. pledges total 119,421, including 13,171 from Barton Welfare Group and a $100 prize to Tom Currie.
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Holland’s
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
New Mexico
America
King Ranch
Kenedy Ranch
Barton Welfare Group
Mobile
Alabama
Tom Currie
Dallas
1924 Motor Vehicle Registrations Reach 804 040
Austin Jan 14 The 1924 motor vehicle registrations reported to the State Highway Department totaled 804 040 as of Dec 31. Passenger vehicles led with 735 270, buses 3 688, commercial vehicles and trucks 62 754, trailers 2 207, and tractors 121.
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Austin
State Highway Department
Dallas
Bexar
Harris
Tarrant
McLennar
Wichita
Surprise Party for Miss Adele Harrell
Mrs. W. C. Harrell hosted a Saturday evening surprise party for her daughter Adele. Bridge and refreshments with salad and cake accompanied the gathering of guests including Bernice Groves Geneva Groves Katherine Manton Lois Cook Verna Blewett Fae Thompson Winnie Dees Leone McCracken Fern Robertson and Henry Harris in Olney.
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W. C. Harrell
Adele
Bridge
Bernice
Geneva Groves
Katherine Manton
Lois Cook
Verna Blewett
Fae Thompson
Winnie Dees
Leone McCracken
Mesdames
Fern Robertson
Henry Harris
Olney Enterprise
Newspaper density by state and US average
The District of Columbia has one daily paper for every 1.7 inhabitants, California 1.9, Texas 6.3, and Mississippi 28.5, with the US average at one daily paper per 3.5 people. The figures come from Editor and Publisher.
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District of Columbia
California
Mississippi
Texas
United States
This Is No Jake Dickson Idea on Advertising Costs
A cartoonish exchange contrasts a plan to cut business costs by halting advertising with a harsher suggestion to cut the windpipe and lower living costs. The dialogue uses sharp humor to critique marketing budgets.
City Man and Agriculturist Discuss Farming Profits
A City Man notes the large money in farming and an Agriculturist responds he is investing heavily, asserting there should be substantial returns in agriculture. The exchange highlights optimism about farming wealth.
Income tax in a nutshell for 1924 filers
The revenue act of 1924 requires individuals with net income of 1000 dollars or more or gross income of 5000 dollars or more, and married couples with net income of 2500 dollars or more or gross income of 5000 dollars or more, to file tax returns. Filing runs January 1 to March 15, 1925, with returns sent to the local collector of internal revenue.
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Internal Revenue
Collector of Internal Revenue
A Man Prayer for Honest Living and Simple Epitaph
A reflective address urging honesty and humility in daily life. The speaker seeks a clean conscience, fair dealings, and compassion toward others, aspiring to live with integrity, kindness to family, and a modest, dignified death.
Measles Do Not Spare Adults Says Hygeia Source
Doctors Ludvig Hektoen and Ethel Berry report in Hygeia that adults can still contract measles despite prior infection. They note a 65 year gap since eradication in the Faroe Islands and that even elderly individuals without a prior attack were susceptible, with a large portion of the population exposed.
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Ludvig Hektoen
Ethel B. B. Berry
McCormick Institute For Infectious Diseases
Chicago
Faroe Islands
Edison Light Boom Expands to Millions of Bulbs
The piece recalls the 1882 New York first Edison power plant lighting a few hundred bulbs and notes today power plants nationwide supply power for millions of bulbs with a New York figure of about a million bulbs lit.
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Edison
New York
Guam on the Map as Regular Steamship Service Starts
Guam gains regular contact with the United States as the Navy approves a Robert Dollar Steamship Co service. After departing San Francisco, the first ship loaded at Atlantic ports is bound for Guam, with a fifty day voyage to American ports.
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Guam
Pacific Ocean
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Navy Department
Robert Dollar Steamship Company
Atlantic
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Norfolk
San Francisco
Planning airports link cities along air travel routes
Forehanded chambers of commerce are studying airport planning with the Transportation Department of the United States Chamber of Commerce. They note hundreds of landing fields exist or are improved in the United States and that aerial connections with coast to coast routes may soon interlink many cities for rapid communication and transport. Information on landing fields comes from the Army Air Service Airways Section.
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Airways
Army Air Service
Chambers of Commerce
Post Office Department
Transportation Department
The
National Chamber
Sam Goldwater Called to Dallas for Brother-in-Law Funeral
Mr. Sam Goldwater of Banger was summoned to Dallas last week to attend the funeral of his brother-in-law.
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Sam Goldwater
Banger
Dallas
Shrine Magazine Excerpts Tease Hidden Messages
In Chap. I a speaker praises a husband as dearest and best. Chap. II wonders what she wants while Chap. III notes a silent gift and hints at a hidden scheme. Shrine Magazine presents these lines as intimate reflections.
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Shrine Magazine
Regular Kind Madman Exchange Over Coat Timing
A street scene records a brief exchange where a man asks about his coat and a dealer answers it is slated for tomorrow. The sketch captures a curious dialogue and anticipated delivery.
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Ing
Locomotives Debate Crossing Trouble
A judge recounts a chase as two small engines report fair success catching two flivvers and a dandy truck at crossings, while two large touring cars elude capture amid a long run. The dialogue underscores the era’s railroad and road racing anecdotes.
Astute Businessman Quotes on Supplying Demand
A business man proclaims commitment to meeting customer wants while a chronic borrower asks for a spare ten-spot. The exchange appears in American Mutual Magazine reflecting thrift and consumer attitudes.
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er—Ieapen
American Mutual Magazine
No Hero After All
A Chicago News humorous note recounts a would be rescuer who saved a woman from drowning and revealed he was already married, prompting the grateful father to express thanks. The amateur life saver downplays the praise claiming no thanks are due.
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Fair Maid
Chicago News
Southern Pacific Strike Ends With Wage Advance Agreement
The dispute between the Southern Pacific Railroad Company and engine service workers, sparked by a large strike vote, was resolved amicably with a wage increase totaling about $500,000 annually retroactive to September 1.
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Southern Pacific Railroad Company
Blond Bess Advocates Cautious Marriage Counsel
Blond Bess contends a modern woman may delay marriage and seek legal advice, noting it is acceptable to consult a mother but that waiting and consulting a lawyer adds a practical, evolving dimension to nuptial decisions.
Great truths learned through trouble and affliction
The quote asserts that core truths of God come through hardship, saying painful trials burn these lessons into us so we genuinely receive them rather than merely hear them. It emphasizes the transformative power of suffering in spiritual understanding.
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God
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Wide
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Graham
Oilbert Motor Co
Oilbelt Motor Company
Victoria
ELS Iver
Ager
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Blond Bess
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